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IN MEMORIAM 



CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF DRACUT, MASS., WHO 

SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

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BY 

OLD MIDDLESEX CHAPTER 

Sons of the American Revolution 



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THE BOULDER AND TABLET. 



©lb niMbblesei Chapter, 



lowell, /iDassacbusetts. 



Solon W. Stevens, 

President. 

James F. Savage, 

Vice- Pres ide n t. 

Frederick A. Estes, 

Registrar. 

Charles H. Conant, 

Historian. 




Albert W. Burnham, 

Secretary. 

Fred G. Tilton, 

Treasurer. 

Rev. Wilson Waters, 

Chaplain. 

-»-<j6i5l!Sffta Artemas B. Woodworth, 



ON the seventh day of December, 
1904, the following notice was 
sent to the members of Old Middlesex 
Chapter, Sons of the American Revo- 
lution: 

Dear Sir and Compatriot: — 

There will be a special meeting of 
Old Middlesex Chapter, S. A. R., at the 
"Old Yellow Meeting House," so- 
called, in Dracut Centre, on Saturday, 
December 17, at two o'clock p. m., for 
the purpose of presenting to the town 
of Dracut a memorial emblem in com- 
memoration of the patriotism and 
the valor of the citizen-soldiers of the 
town of Dracut, during the period of 
the great historic struggle for Ameri- 
can independence. 

Permission is given to Chapter meiii- 
bers to invite friends. 

It is much to be desired that there 
may be as large an attendance of 
compatriots as is possible, to the end 
that this may prove to be an occasion 
of historic interest. 

Tours fraternally, 
ALBERT W. BURNHAM, 

Secretary. 

SOLON W. STEVENS, President. 
December 7th, 1904. 



in the surface of a large boulder pro- 
vided by the town, and placed on the 
green in front of the historic "Old Yel- 
low Meeting House," or Dracut Centre 
church as it is now called. The tablet 
bears the following inscription: 

In Memory of the Men of 

DRACUT 

Who Served in the Revolutionary War, 

1775-1783. 

423 Out of a Population of 1173. 



The bronze tablet, which is a gift 
of the Old Middlesex chapter, Sons of 
the American Revolution, is imbedded 



Placed by Old Middlesex Chapter, 
Sons of the American Revolution. 

1904. 

The exercises of dedication were held 
in the Centre church on Saturday af- 
ternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock. Spe- 
cial invitations had been sent to mem- 
bers of each of the three local chapters. 
Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion, and while the response was not 
general, there was good representation, 
especially from Molly Vamum and 
Lydia Darrah chapters. The town of 
Dracut was also well represented, and 
at the close of the exercises the hospi- 
table ladies extended an invitation 
through the presiding oiHcer to all 
present, to partake of an excellent 
collation, served in the social assem- 
bly room under the auditorium. 



The dedication exercises were ap- 
propriately dignified and impressive. 
Solon W. Stevens, president of Old Mid- 
dlesex chapter, opened with the fol- 
lowing remarks: 

"Daughters and Sons of the American 
Revolution. Assembled as we are in 
this old, historic church, for a serious 
and patriotic purpose, it is eminently 
fitting that the first feature in the ex- 
ercises of the afternoon should be the 
invocation of divine blessing upon such 
proceedings as may naturally follow. 
You are therefore invited to reverent- 
ly pay attention to Rev. Wilson Waters, 
chaplain of Old Middlesex chapter." 

The Rev. Mr. Waters offered the 
following prayer: 

Almighty and ever-living God, the 
sovereign Commander of all the world, 
in whose hand are power and might 
which none is able to withstand; we 
have heard with our ears, and our 
fatners have declared unto us the 
noble works which thou didst in' 
their days, and in the old time 
before them. We bless and mag- 
nify thy glorious name for that 
thou gavest victory to our arms 
in the conflict for freedom. Thou 
gavest us not over as a prey into the 
hands of our enemies, wnen they were 
so wrathfuUy displeased at us. It is 
thou that madest us to stand in the 
day of battle, because thou hadst a 
favor unto us. Unto thy name be 
given the glory. And now we pray 
thee to bless the Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution, and all 
patriotic organizations whose purpose 
it is to foster and conserve a sense ol 
thy goodness, and a love of our native 
land. Give to their members grace to 
improve thy gifts to thy glory; be 
pleased to direct and prosper all their 
consultations to the honor and welfare 
of our country, and as much as in 
them lieth, to the good of all man- 
kind. And we heartily desire thy 
heavenly blessing upon the public of- 
ficers and people of this town, and we 
beseech thee to look with favor upon 
our present purpose and undertaking. 
We remember how Joshua, of old, topk 
a great stone and set it up as a wit- 
ness and a memorial; and how Jacob 
before him set up a stone for a pillar 
of testimony; and that Samuel after 
him did the like thing; and we pray 
thee that the stone which we are 
about to dedicate, and upon which we 



have placed a record and emblem o£ 
honor, may be a lasting memorial to 
the distinguished patriotism and valor 
of the men of Dracut who gave them- 
selves for their country; that when it 
shall be asked by the children of the 
generations to come, "What meaneth 
this stone?" their sires may rehearse 
to them the deeds that redound to 
Dracut's praise. Let this solid boulder 
and the tablet it holds, commemorate 
the heroic past; and as it rests planted 
firmly in the earth, so may it ever be 
that fearless and faithful citizenship, 
and staunch and sturdy manhood, 
from whatever distant place it come, 
and though it be shaped and rounded 
by the severe attrition of adverse cir- 
cumstance, shall yet endure, in the 
steadfast fear and love of thy holy 
name, as the cornerstone and security 
of our national life, to the safety, 
honor and welfare of thy people; that 
peace and happiness, truth and jus- 
tice, religion and piety, may be es- 
tablished among us for all generations. 
And we pray thee to give peace in our 
time, and to hasten the day when thou 
Shalt make wars to cease in all the 
world. Direct us, O Dord, in this and 
all our doings, with thy most gracious 
favor, and further us with thy con- 
tinual help; that in all our works, be- 
gun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy holy name, and, 
finally, by thy mercy, obtain ever- 
lasting life, through Jesus Christ, our 
Lord. 



After the prayer, two verses of 
"America" were sung oy the audience, 
standing, Mr. Stevens at the organ. 

The presiding officer then stated the 
purpose of the meeting, and introduced 
Dr. Moses G. Parker, first vice presi- 
dent state society S. A. R., and chair- 
man of the committee on Markers in 
the state society and local chapter, S. 
A. R. Dr. Parker made the speech of 
presentation, which follows, in fulj: 

Mr. President and Selectmen of Dracut: 
Ladies and Gentlenien: — As chair- 
man of the committee on markers, 
appointed by the Old Middlesex 
chapter. Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, it becomes my privilege to pre- 
sent to the town of Dracut, through 
its selectmen, Messrs. Fox, Colburn 
and Parker, this bronze tablet, placed 
here by the Old Middlesex Chapter 




SOLON W. STEVENS. 
President Old Middlesex Chapter, S. A. R. 



Sons of the American Revolution, to 
perpetuate the memory of the 423 sons 
of Dracut, who served in the Amer- 
ican Revolution from 1775-1783. 

Time will not permit me to read 
these names; you will find them all 
recorded in a beautiful book, present- 
ed to the town library, by the Molly 
Varnum Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution, June 25, 1903. 

In this list will be found the names 
of 33 Coburns, 15 Varnums, 14 Rich- 
ardsons, 13 Parkers, 11 Jones's, nine 
Foxes, seven each of Abbot, Davis, 
Hall and Sawyer, six each of Barker, 
Bradley, Hildreth, Lindsey and Wood, 
five each of Barrows, Bowers, Clem- 
ents, Clous-h, Crosby, Harris, Kelly 
and Taylor, four each of Fimt, Fos- 
ter, Goodhue, Marshall, Mears and 
Wright. 

From these 423 sons, 112 were at the 
Battle of Lexington and Concord; 23 
at Bunker Hill; 63 at Saratoga; seven 
at White Plains; 69 at Rhode isiauQ 
and 74 in New York state. Sixty-one 
are recorded as being in the Conti- 
nental Army and 23 in the Northern 
army without the place of service be- 
ing given. Many were attached to 
companies and regiments, but the lo- 
cations of these companies and regi- 
ments are not given. 

In this list of 423 names. I find one 
colonel. Col. Louis Ansart; four cap- 
tains, Capt. Pdter Coburn, Capt. .T. B. 
Varnum, Capt. James Varnum, Capt. 
Stephen Russell; eleven lieutenants, 
Lieut. Abraham Coburn, Lieut. 
Ephram Coburn, Lieut. Simon Coburn, 
Lieut. Niles Flint, Lieut. William Ho- 
vey, Lieut. Josiah Foster, Lieut. Da- 
vid Jones, Lieut. Temple Kendall, 
Lieut. Abram Stickney, Lieut. Ebenez- 
er Varnum, Lieut. Micah Hildreth; 
13 sergeants. Sergt. David Austin, 
Sergt. Moses Parker, Sergt. Timothy 
Barker, Sergt. Samuel Barron, Sergt. 
Jerathmeel Coburn, Sergt. Abijah Fox, 
Sergt. Peter Hunt, Sergt. Jonathan 
Jones, Sergt. Gershom Flag Lane, 
Sergt. David Lindsey, Sergt. Samuel 
Mansur, Sergt. Mathew Parker, Sergt. 



Jonathan Robbins; seven corporals. 
Corp. Ephram Lindsey, Corp. Kendall 
Parker, Corp. Asa Spaulding, Corp. 
John Taylor, Corp. David Trull, Corp. 
Elijah Tuttle, Corp. John Hancock. 

This is the record of the omcera 
from Dracut's 423 men, patriots in the 
American Revolu^^ion. 

It is a record, she may well be proud 
of; it places her among the first, if not 
the first on the list of towns, for pa- 
triots in the American Revolution, 
giving 36 per cent, of her entire popu- 
lation which was then only 1173 to the 
defence of our country. 

From these patriots, you and I are 
descended. We may well be proud of 
our ancestors and of the town in 
which we were born. 

As we stand here on this sacred 
spot, we can imagine our ancestors, 
in those early days, coming here from 
the North, South, East and West, over 
these very roads, to meet at their cap- 
tain's call. The powder house, long 
since removed, stood near by. 

It was here these patriots met for 
drill, for parade and for target prac- 
tice, becoming proficient marksmen as 
shown at the battle of Lexington and 
Concord, where of the 400 men that 
fell that day, less than 100 were 
Americans and over 300 were British. 

The British in their report of this 
battle to their king, complained of the 
Americans, calling them murderers 
because they took aim in battle; they 
did take aim, and they hit the mark, 
not only at Lexington and Concord, 
but when they aimed at Old England 
as well. Because they were brave and 
dared to do this, you and I stand here 
today, free citizens of the United 
States of America; it is a blessed in- 
heritance which we should fondly 
cherish and so guard, that we may 
keep our rights inviolate and yield 
them not, without a struggle. 

Our country has grown to propor- 
tions beyond our wildest imaginations. 
This has been so well expressed by the 
president of the Old Middlesex chap- 
ter, Solon W. Stevens, on a former 
occasion that I must quote his words: 



"The tree of civil and religious lib- 
erty which the fathers planted and 
which Washington defended from the 
British woodman's axe, has grown to 
such proportions, that today not far 
from eighty millions of industrious 
people are leading prosperous lives 
beneath its benignant shade; and if 
you would measure the perimeter of 
its influence you must stretch the line 
from ocean to ocean. 

"Moreover in these latter days im- 
pelled by irrepressible latent force 
this monarch of the forest seems to be 
shooting out its roots beneath the wa- 
ter-flood, to be woven and entwined 
with the earthly substance of climes 
beyond the sea, in order that ultimate- 
ly the lifeless air of the Orient may be 
stirred and quickened by the push and 
swing of the products of New England 
soil." 

It is not yet 130 years since the bea- 
con light at Oharlestown, flashed its 
signal of alarm to Andover, from An- 
dover to Tewksbury, thence to Dracut 
Heights (Christian Hill) warning the 
towns that the British were coming 
and calling the "Minute Men" to arms 
long before Paul Revere reached Lex- 
ington. 

There were no telegraph lines then; 
it was the beacon light and flint lock 
gun, that sent the signal of alarm 
throughout the commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, arousing the men of 
old Middlesex county from their slum- 
bers on that memorable morning, the 
19th of April, 1775, and it was Dra- 
cut's 112 men that marched that 
morning to Lexington, and followed 
the British on their retreat to Boston, 
delivering a deadly fire at the retreat- 
ing foe. 

It was the spirit of these men that 
gave us our indepenaence and after- 
wards their descendants together 
with men from other countries, who 
adopted their views and this country 
as their own, risked their lives in the 
late Civil War for the continuance of 
that freedom our ancestors gave us. 

Standing here, I see before me de- 
scendants of Dracut's patriots who 
served, as I did, in the late Civil War 
for the preservation of the Union, 
when the South was arrayed against 
the North, and brother fought broth- 



er; when soldiers fell by ten. twenty 
and even thirty thousand on a side 
in the great battles of the Civil War. 

There are men here, who were in 
those battles and remember the scenes 
now more vividly than the scenes of 
their childhood. We stand here today 
thanking our God that we are spared 
to see our great country again united 
and slavery no more. 

In closing let me say that we are 
proud of Dracut, our birthplace, proud 
of her record, proud of our ancestors 
who fought at Lexington, Concord, 
Bunker Hill, Saratoga, White Plains, 
Rhode Island and New York state, and 
proud of her 423 patriots, out of a 
population of only 1173. 

I now in behalf of the Old Middle- 
sex Chapter, Sons of the American 
Revolution, present to the town of 
Dracut, through its selectmen, this 
tablet. Imbedded in a bowlder, provid- 
ed by the town of Dracut, to forever 
commemorate the memory of its 423 
patriots, who served in the American 
Revolutionary war. 



A rousing patriotic song, eulogistic 
of the soldier, was sung by Warren 
T. Reid, baritone, with Mr. Stevens at 
the piano. 

Selectman Arthur W. Colburn was 
then presented and in behalf of the 
town made the following speech of ac- 
ceptance: 

Mr. President, Members of Old Middle- 
sex Chapter, Sons of the American 
Revolution — Ladies and Gentlemen: 
Your presence here today indicates 
to me that a lively interest in mat- 
ters pertaining to the War of the Rev- 
olution is still cherished in your mem- 
ories and it is with a sense of great 
honor conferred upon me that I ac- 
cept in behalf of the town of Dracut 
this beautiful and substantial memo- 
rial tablet. This "marker," so called, 
is a new feature for this town, but in 
many other towns and cities it has 
come to be a common way to distin- 
guish historic spots and to commem- 
orate deeds of valor performed by our 
forefathers. 




Dr. MOSES G. PARKER. 

First Vice-President Massachusetts Society, S. A. R. 

and Chairman State Committeel on 

Markers 



Mr. President, it seems to me that 
it is a noble way for you to place be- 
fore this present, and the coming, busy 
generations a sign that deeds of valor 
and heroism in defence of life and lib- 
erty of country are not soon forgotten. 
All honor to tho'se heroes who left 
home and family, who forsook the plow 
in the furrow and the axe in the 
woods to strike a blow with the sword, 
and show to the world that the rights 
of an American citizen could not be 
abridged or his liberties taken from 
him without his life. "Give me liberty 
or give me death!" exclaimed Patrick 
Henry in Virginia, and the spirit whicl? 
inspired that expression imbued the 
Dracut minute-men and soldiers when 
they went to Lexington, Concord and 
Bunker Hill; to Saratoga, White 
Plains, "Valley Forge, and indeed to 
every other battlefield and camping- 
ground known to the War of the Revo- 
lution. 

In the interesting presentation ad- 
dress just made by Dr. Parker, he has 
told us something of Dracut's part in 
the struggle, but interest in the mat- 
ter prompts me to give two or three 
reminiscences which I have found, of 
the higher officers who went from Dra- 
cut, or in whom Dracut was particu- 
larly intr-ested. Many of their de- 
scendants are here today. 

Highest among these officers in point 
of rank was Gen. James M. Varnum, 
who was a native of Dracut, but who 
enlisted from Rhode Island. He left 
Dracut previous to the war to attend 
Brown university, and that is how he 
haT-'-ened to enlist from Rhode Island 
instead of from Massachusetts. He 
was closely associated with Gen. 
Washington throughout the war and 
was especially well known during the 
winter at Valley Forge. 

James Varnum was another officer 
who evidently rose by degrees, for at 
Concoi'd he was enrolled as a private, 
at Bunker Hill as a sergeant, and 
later was commissioned by Washing- 
ton as captain, serving four years in 
that capacity. After the war he be- 
came a colonel, and we are told that 



Colonel James Varnum led a company 
from Dracut to helo suppress the up- 
rising known as Shay's rebellion in 
1787. 

Peter Coburn commanded a company 
of forty minute-men who took part in 
the fight of April 19, 1775, when the 
military outing of the British troops 
was turned into a disastrous defeat. 
Capt. Coburn's company was among 
those of whom Longfellow told: 

"How the farmers gave them ball for 

ball, 
From behind each fence and farmyard 

wall; 
Chasing the redcoats down the lane, 
Then crossing the fields to emerge again 
Under the trees at the turn of the road 
And only pausing to fire and load." 

The work of that day v/as well done 
and the minute-men repaired to their 
homes, strengthened their numbers 
and equipment, while Capt. Coburn 
again took up the duty of representing 
his town in the provincial congress. 
But either his command took so much 
of his time or for some reason un- 
known the records of the town show 
that on May 29, 1775, the voters as- 
sembled "To see if the Sd. Town will 
then and there Proceed to the Choice 
of one or more person or persons to 
Serve in the Congress to meet at 
Water Town Meeting House on Wed- 
nesday, the 31st Instant, to Consult, 
Deliberate, and Resolve upon such 
Further Measures as Under God Shall 
be Effectual to Save this People from 
Impending Ruin, etc!" At this meet- 
ing the voters "Then and their maid 
Choice of Deacon Amos Bradley to go 
to Congress for the Town of Drar -t," 
and Capt. Coburn was free to attend 
to the business of fighting. 

The following letter dated Camp 
Cambridge, June 17, 1775, was written 
by him directly after the battle of 
Bunker Hill. He writes: 

"The regiments were ordered from 
Cambridge to Charlestown and they 
arrived there about eleven o'clock at 
night, and then and there began a 
breastwork, and pursued it until about 
sunrise next morning. About sunrise 
the troops fired on us from the ships 



as they lay in the ferry-wav and killed 
one Pollard that lived in Billerica, and 
they continued their fire at times all 
the forenoon, and we finished our 
breastwork about twelve o'clo i. at 
about which time they began to land 
nigh our breastwork and continued the 
fire very brisk near about two hours. 
At length they stormed our breastwork 
and we were obliged to flee and they 
pursued us as far as Bunker Hill, but 
we killed or wounded fourteen or fif- 
teen hundred and the loss sustained by 
us was few, about one hundred and 
fifty killed, wounded and missing, and 
on the 17th day of June I arrived at 
Cambridge about sunset — alive but 
much tired and fatigued. Blessed be 
God therefor." 

Such is his own account of the fight. 
Others record that "Capt. Coburn's 
clothes were riddled with bullets while 
Sergt. Varnum had the top of his hat 
shot off and two bullets through his 
jacket." Also that "just as the order 
for retreat was given a British oflScer 
mounted the breastwork and ex- 
claimed, 'Now, my boys, we have 
you!' whereupon Capt. Coburn, pick- 
ing up a stone, hurled it at his head 
and knocked him down." 

Another interesting Dracut soldier 
was Capt. Stephen Russell, prominent 
in town affairs as a moderator of town 
meetings and as a selectman; later 
with a company of Dracut soldiers 
helping in the capture of Burgoyne's 
army at Saratoga. His company num- 
bered over 80 men enrolled from Dra- 
cut agreeably with a call from the 
general court. 

Following is a letter in part from 
him dated: 

Stillwater. Sept. 28. 1777. 
Loving wife and dutiful children, af- 
ter offering my love to you, I cheerful- 
ly embrace this opportunity to com- 
municate with you though at a great 
distance, and to let you know that 
through the goodness of God I am welj 
and hope these lines will find you the 
same. I am soiTiewhat wearied with 
marching for we have had tedious 
marches. I have been to Skenesbor- 
ough and was ordered right bacli 
again. * * * i had 40 men sent out 
of my company to Ticonderoga which 
have not returned yet and I don't 
know as they will. * * * We are 
within about one and one-half miles 



of the enemies' camp and we expect 
hourly to be called into action. We 
are daily taking on both sides. Great 
consternation prevails. We have a 
strong army here and our men are 
in good spirits and I hope with a 
blessing we shall overcome all in a 
short time. Our Indians take the en- 
emy and Tories daily and those that 
won't take quarter, they kill and scalp. 
Time must only determine the event. 
New England has called down heavy 
judgments on us at this day and in the 
days of calamity and distress we are 
to consider from whose hand it comes. 
God looks down with displeasure on 
our sins, but it is the earnest praj^er 
of your sincere friend and wellwisher, 
that we may all of us mend our ways, 
and live more to the honor and glory 
of our Creator than ever yet we have 
done and I desire that it may please 
an Infinite Being to return me again 
to you and that we may be a blessing 
to each other. So I conclude and sub- 
scribe myself your affectionate com- 
panion and loving husband until 
death. 

STEPHEN RUSSELL, Capt. 

Doubtless this letter found its way 
into the house now better known as 
the Coffran Nutting house on Pleas- 
ant street, not far from Hildreth street 
where his family lived. 

About the time this letter was writ- 
ten another Dracut company went for- 
ward under command of Capt. J. B. 
Varnum, then a young man 18 years 
of age, and a brother of General James 
M. Varnum, previously mentioned. His 
company was smaller numbering 
about 40 or 50 men. In the next year 
both of these men were interested and 
took part in the undertaking in Rhode 
Island while the British were occupy- 
ing Newport. He held the title of 
captain through the war and later be- 
came a general and also represented 
his district in congress. The old 
house where he lived is still standi?:g 
on the Methuen road and tradition 
says that George Washington once 
paid a visit to his old friend there at 
that place. 

Mr. President, I feel that I have been 
somewhat lengthy in this partial ac- 
count of the doings of Dracut's more 
distinguished patriots who led just a& 
brave and determined soldiers as ever 




ARTHUR "W. COLBURN. 
Selectman of Dracut, who accepted the Boulder. 



left home to fight for liberty and self- 
government. I have quoted from two 
letters to show something of the prin- 
ciples which ruled their lives and in- 
spired their acts. These 423 men are 
the ones to whose memory you dedi- 
cate this tablet. Certainl^r we cannot 
think too often of their brave deeds 
and their sacrifices for home and pos- 
terity; and in consideration of these 
services it is fitting indeed that this 
solid rock and tablet shall be set aside 
as a tribute. May the tablet remain 
sacred and unscarred as long as the 
stone shall stand. I assure you Lhat 
the citizens of Dracut appreciate your 
generosity and applaud your activity 
in presenting so splendid a memorial. 
In accepting this tablet in behalf of 
the town of Dracut, I wish to accord 
to you our heartiest thanks and as- 
sure you that we shall ever strive to 
guardi protect and preserve it. It is 
our hope that it may ever be a beacon 
light of history, giving off rays of pa- 
triotism that will be absorbed into the 
lives of all those who shall view it, in- 
spiring only to deeds of justice, liber- 
ty, and truth. 



With complimentary reference to the 
original research made by Mrs. Sarah 
Swan Griffin, in gathering historic data 
relating to Col. Marie Louis Amand 
Ansart DeMaresquelles, the noble 
Frenchman who did valiant service for 
America in the War of the Revolution 
and who afterward made his hoine in 
Dracut, until his death, Mr. Stevens 
then introduced Mrs. Griffin, who gave 
an abstract of her valuable paper for- 
merlv read before the Lowell Histori- 
cal society. She spoke, in part, as 
follows: 

As a nation, we must ever grate- 
fully acknowledge the valuable as- 
sistance which France rendered to our 
colonies in their struggle for indepen- 
dence. 

Dracut shelters within her bosom a 
French officer, who gave most dis- 
tinguished service, and brought great 
inventive skill to the aid of Massachu- 
setts during the Revolutionary war. 
and who. at the close of the great 
struggle, adopted America as his coun- 
try, and, removing to Dracut, became 
a prominent and valued citizen of the 
town. 



In the "Old Woodbine Cemetery," 
off from Varnum avenue, is an ancient 
headstone with this inscription: 

"Erected in memory of Col. Louis An- 
sart, who departed this life. May 22, A. 
D. 1804. aged 62. Col. Ansart was a native 
of France. He arrived in this country in 
1776, and by the authorities of Massachu- 
setts was immediately appointed Col. of 
Artillery and Inspector General of the 
Foundries, in which capacity he served 
until the close of the War of the Revo- 
lution." 

Marie Louis Amand Ansart De 
Maresquelles was born in 1742 in the 
province of Arras in France. 

During the struggle of the American 
colonies with Great Britain, the eyes 
of France were turned with great in- 
terest towards our shores and the 
conflict became an absorbing topic in 
that country. None there were more 
sympathetic in their feelings towards 
us than Marie Louis Amand Ansart 
De Maresquelles, and he finally deter- 
mined to offer his services to the 
struggling colonies. Capt. De Mares- 
quelles came to America in 1776. 
bringing credentials from high offi- 
cials in his native land, and at oncQ 
made proposals to the general court 
of Massachusetts to establish furnaces 
and foundries siinilar to those m use 
in France, for the manufacture of can- 
non out of the native ores of Massa- 
chusetts. His proposals were at once 
accepted by the Massachusetts au- 
thorities, and so valuable was the se- 
cret invention that he used in the 
manufacture of these cannon, and so 
much appreciated was his skill as mil- 
itary engineer, that the general court 
voted him a salary of $1000 yearly 
during the Revolutionary war, a pen- 
sion of two-thirds of that sum for life, 
the rank of colonel of artillery and in- 
spector general of foundries. 

In the year 1778 troops were sent 
from Massachusetts to assist Gen. 
Sullivan, who was in command of the 
American forces in Rhode Island, in 
driving the British from that state 
and Col. De Maresquelles was ap- 
pointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Sulli- 
van, and during an assault on the 
British forces De Maresquelles was 
severely wounded. 

De Maresquelles married into the 
family of Capt. William Wimble, a 
prominent Boston family, and. it is 
supposed, continued to reside in Bos- 
ton until the close of the Revolution- 
ary war, but in the year 1784 De 
Maresquelles removed to Dracut, oc- 
cupying the farm styled "The Minis- 



trie," formerly the home of Rev. 
Thomas Parker, the first minister oj 
Dracut. His interest in the town had 
been stimulated by his friendship with 
James Mitchell Vamum, a native of 
Dracut. An ardent sportsman, De 
Maresquelles had discovered that the 
Merrimack river was alive with sal- 
mon and he recalled the advice of his 
father, who, on his son Louis leaving 
home, advised him if he settled in a 
new country, to choose a place near 
some large river, as then he need nev- 
er starve. 

De Maresquelles was attached to 'his 
young American wife and the children 
that came to them — she bore him 12 
in all, five sons and seven daughters — 
ten of them being born in "The Old 
Ministrie," which De Maresquelles 
made his home the remainder of nis 
days. 

The Hamblett, or, ns it was after- 
wards called, the Ansart Ferry, was 
almost at his door, and he could easily 
join in all the festivities that were 
held in the then famous Middlesex 
Tavern, or by the use of the stage, 
which stopped at this hostelry on its 
way to Boston, he could attend the 
more formal functions in that city, or 
in the larger world beyond. And his 
old friends across the ocean did not 
forget him. In 1784, when Lafayette 
revisited America, he was a guest for 
a day at the home of De Maresquelles in 
Dracut. The marquis came from Bos- 
ton with coach and four, outriders and 
footmen, and crossed on the old ferry 
to the Dracut shore. 

De Maresquelles made three trips to 
France during his married life, to re- 
new old friendships and see his own 
kindred. He was in France when his 
dear friend and patron, Louis XVI., 
was arrested and imprisoned, the first 
steps towards the fatal guillotine on 
w^hich he suffered in 1793. Whether 
the immediate relatives of De Mares- 
quelles in France were victims of the 
same fate is a matter of uncertainty, 
but six months after the execution of 
Louis XVI. De Maresquelles applied 
for an act of naturalization and per- 
mission to become an American citi- 
zen, and also petitioned the legislature 
that he might drop the title of De 
Maresquelles and be known as Louis 
Ansart. I am told that De Mares- 
quelles did not make application for 
change of name until after the death 
of his father in France, but the change 
of regime in France was doubtless 
the cause of the colonel's decision. 
During his residence in Dracut Col. 
Ansart, as he must now be called, vyas 



interested in all that pertained to the 
welfare of his adopted town. His 
name is found as one of the first pro- 
prietors of the early toll bridge over 
Pawtucket falls, and I also find records 
that S'how that he was active in the 
founding of school and church in Dra- 
cut. 

Col. Ansart died at the age of 62 and 
was buried in the cemetery, a part of 
which he had apportioned from his 
farm and given to Dracut for the use 
of the Ansarts, Coburns and Varnuma. 
It seems sad that when the embassy 
from France visited America in 1902 
to be present at the ceremony of un- 
veiling the statue of Rochambeau in 
Washington, with instructions to visit, 
as far as possible, the graves of French 
officers who served in the Revolytion- 
ary war, and who were buried in 
America, that the grave of Col. Louis 
Ansart was not visited by these en- 
voys from his native land, but the 
change of name probably explains the 
omission, otherwise "the lily of France" 
would have been placed upon his grave 
in tender remembrance. But when 
America publishes her "roll of honor" 
of those who assisted in securing the 
independence of the colonies, by the 
shedding of their blood or the giving of 
their strength and skill, among those 
whom his adopted country shall de- 
light thus to honor will be enrolled the 
name of Col. Marie Louis Amand An- 
sart De Maresquelles. 



The next speaker was the president 
of the State society. Sons of the 
American Revolution. C. E. Adams 
of this city. He said: 

It is with deep appreciation of the 
loyal patriotism of the members of 
Old Middlesex chapter, that I extend 
sincere and grateful acknowledgment 
in behalf of the Massachusetts society, 
S. A. R., of their earnest efforts in 
advancing the objects of the State 
society. This tablet, that has been 
recently placed as an enduring record 
to the memory of those men of Dra- 
cut who fought for the achievement 
of American independence, is of more 
than ordinary importance to us. 

We recall the fact that those patri- 
otic men represented more than one- 
third of the town of Dracut. Sixty- 
three men participated in that memo- 
rable campaign under Generals 
Greene and Arnold in New York 
state, which terminated in the sur- 
render of Burgoyne. I mention this 
incident, for it is said that the battle 
of Saratoga was one of the most im- 
portant battles in the world's history. 
The surrender of Burgoyne with his 



3500 men was more fruitful of re- 
sults than many noble conflicts where 
hundreds of thousands of men have 
been engaged and where tens of thou- 
sands have fallen. It is said that on 
the part of the Americans, it gave 
elation and encouragement; on the 
part of the English it strengthened a 
determination to- crush the rebellion; 
and on the part of France and Spain, 
it caused a quickening of the inclina- 
tion to strike a blow at a hated ri- 
val, by espousing the cause of its re- 
bellious subjects'. Immediately after 
Burgoyne's surrender Benjamin 

Franklin, our representative, was 
openly received at "Versailles, while 
the French court within three months 
acknowledged our independence, thus 
gaining at once for us, recognition as 
a nation and an alliance with the 
first military power of Europe. 

Sometimes it seems as though we 
did not fully apprec:_te the privilege 
we enjor in being a part of this won- 
derful nation which has been so elo- 
quently referred to today. A nation 
which exists for freedom of thought 
and action; a nation which has within 
three centuries secured an area of 
over three million square miles and a 
total wealth of 106 billion dollars. 
We have an annu 1 product of raw 
material and manufactures, of over 106 
million, and our average exports 
amount to 4 1-2 millions every day in 
the year; a national record never ex- 
celled in the history of the world. 

The work in which we are engaged 
is noble; but is it not our duty, rep- 
resenting as we do in this state nearly 
10,000 members in the various patriot- 
ic assoclL tions. to exert a stronger In- 
fluence in securing the best govern- 
mental conditions in our cities and 
towns, and providing the best educa- 
tional facilities for niaking good 
American citizens from the many 
diverse nationalities that are seek- 
ing to make our America their 
America? Without being critical of 
our sex, I am satisfied, judging from 
the excellent results I have seen, that 
the women will achieve more success 
In this patriotic vork than the men. 
They are more enthusiastic, sympa- 
thetic and persist .nt, and as a rule 
they have more time to devote to such 
public duties than those men who are 
engaged in official capacities, or in the 
competitive industrial or professional 
life of the day. 

I trust you will bear with me, if I 
once more turn for a moment to dry 
statistics, to more forcibly illustrate 
the importance of our organizations 
extending their lines of patriotic 
work. The world 50 years ago, had a 



war debt of eight billions. Today it 
amounts to 32 billions. The population 
has doubled, the debt has quadrupled. 
Fourteen millions of men were killed 
in civilized warfare between the years 
1800 and 1900; 150 billion dollars was 
expended during that time in war- 
fare. These fearful statistics of life 
sacrificed and property expended em- 
phasize the necessity of organized ef- 
fort, in the interest of a vorld's peace 
movement. Massachusetts, in the early 
part of the last cc tury, initiated the 
movement, and she has led since that 
time, in the noble work. Today, there 
is no community more thoroughly 
identified with its progress than our 
good old Commonwealth. As members 
of patriotic associations, we should 
enthusiastically co Derate with all 
infiuences that tend to the mainten- 
ance of a universal v/orld's peace 
movement. 

In closing, I want to extend to those 
who are eligible but are not in our 
membership, a cordial invitation to 
join us in a work that we believe re- 
ceives the hearty, cheerful commen- 
dation of all good American citi- 
zens. 



Mr. Reid sang two verses of Mrs 
Howe's Battle Hymn, the audience 
joining in the chorus. 

Mr. Stevens then read a letter from 
James M. Varnum expressing the writ- 
er's regret that a previous engage- 
iv^ t made it impossible for him to be 
present. Rev. Cyrus Richardson of 
Nashua, and J. J. Hennessy, esq., at- 
torney for the town of Dracut, were 
also invited, but were unable to at- 
tend. 

Before bringing the meeting to a 
close. President Solon W. Stevens called 
James F. Savage to the chair, and 
spoke as follows in part: 

That simple, rugged boulder, which 
stands in the open nearly in front of 
this church, not only points to the past, 
but points to the future also. Why is 
it that today, across the water, nearly 
every throne that represents abso- 
lutism, is beginning to tremble? Why 
is it that today, even in icy old Rus- 
sia, influences are beginning to make 
themselves felt, with the czar, in some- 
thing like reforms in government? 
Why is it that we hear of so much 
discontent across the water, because 
the people are rising up and asserting 
their rights? What are their rights? 
They are the rights which these men 
gave their lives and their services to 
defend. The right to be considered a 
man; the right to be judged by one's 
character as a man; the right to have 
liberty mean liberty under the guid- 



ance of law, and not unrestricted li- 
cense; the right to be judged as a man 
before men and before God; the right 
to remember that men are born free 
and equal in the sight of the law and 
in the sight of God. This memorial 
points to the future and to the past, 
because these men gave their services 
and their live-, for liberty as Americans 
understand it. 

Our heroes, part of whom are com- 
memorated by this simple tablet, es- 
tablished the principle of self govern- 
ment, and that was a new element in 
the history of governments: and they 
gave their services and their lives in 
its defence. They took it from the 
old biblical idea of which the Hebrews 
were the first example. Self govern- 
ment means self control, and a people 
fit for self governmenl, are a people 
that have self control. Self control is 
obedience to conscience, and obedience 
to conscience is an acknowledgment of 
the will of God. That is the rock upon 
which American liberty stands today; 
and this simple boulder is a reminder 
to us and to all passersby that these 
citizens '^f Dracut in their gallantry 
and in their bravery, gave their all 
in defence of this great idea. 

It is ours, it is yours and ■: is mine, 
to do all that we can to perpetuate this 
idea, in the face of the commercialism 
of the day and in the face of the ex- 
cessive cosmopolitanism which is be- 
ginning to be characteristic of the 
United States of America. 

In the old traditions of the age of 
chivalry, there is a story told of a cer- 
tain Scot who, when dying, bequeathed 
his heart to be carried to Palestine, 
and ordered his trusted servant to taKe 



it from his body and to carrv it to 
Palestine. The noble attendant, en- 
closing the heart in a gclden case, sus- 
pended it around his neck and started 
on his errand to fulfil his master's 
command. On his way to Syria he 
was overcome in battle by the Moors of 
S- ain. In order to accomplish his 
purpose he tore from his necl* the jew- 
el, and flinging it forward, into the 
ranks of his enemies, he said, "Go 
forth, O heart of Bruce. Douglas will 
follow thee or die." The heart of the 
destiny of this country has been thrown 
into the midst of future years. It is 
your duty and it is mine, so far as we 
possibly can, to rescue it from the 
enmitv and the ignorance '^^ those who 
would trample it in the dust. 



The audience sang the Doxology, and 
Rev. J. M. Greene, D. D., pronounced 
the benediction. 

At the close of the formal exercises 
the ladies of Dracut served light re- 
freshments in the vestry. 

The committee of arrangements was 
composed of Mr. and Mrs. Roswell 
Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Stickney, 
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Coburn, Mr. 
and Mrs. Delbert Bryant, Mr. and 
Mrs. Norman Pevey, Mr. and Mrs. 
Natt. W. Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Fox, Mrs. 
Augusta Hovey, Mrs. Henry Parker 
and Mrs. James Hayes. 

The young ladies of the town served. 
The boulder was draped with an 
American flag, and tne same patriotic 
decorations were arrangred about the 
church rostrum. 



/ 



THE ROLL OF HONOR 

Dracut's Sons in the American Revolution 



iMnlel Abtmtt. Contln 



I , ^,. "•" '" '^"*''- **••••■ CotHin 
J'M« Afnr*r. nhod» l»lMn4. 
rh«rl»i Annla, Bnratofa. 
UwU Arwiirl. Col. of Arllllory 
jMcob AlwotM. c-onMn>nl»l » 



Privatf In 
'omitany. 

n 

"Oil or naron 



MoM» Clemvni. Jr.. 

brldcr. 
Wllllaii Cloyd, Privi 



William Elliot. Jr 

n. v.« ca. i;::. 



!■ Capi. 



David 
bride*. 
WlllUun Clouch, 

Abrnbmn Coburi 



lough. Camp mi 



JoHhui 
Wlllln 



Parnhnm. I* 
9.. KTS. Bum 
■ Farnha/ii. 



KtlOilr liland. 



JoRlah Hpnld, Snratosa. 

Joseph HPbbnrd. Prtvatr, J p V 'a 
Co.. 1737. 

Joaoph HfbbaM. Jr.. Li'zlnitton. 
killed m nuDkcr Hill. 

Jninc« MetieUliiP. SoratOKa. 

Pelcr Heselilne. Lcxln«lon, North- 



William If nd»y. Second 
ompiiDy; I'iit.ibrldce Ounri 
Abraham LUIIralv. 



John RopoB, 
Hilt- 

Jo««>|>}l ROMWt 

Silas Hoynl 
"Pranklin." 



<(?olorfM]). Prlviilc^' 

I. Capt^n, Loxinit- 
•tor*. 
Sawyer. Bunker Htll. 



FUh- 



orthi 



While PtalM. 
l^lna. 

L^llnctoD 



Zabdiel KUch. Capl. (. 
>iim'ii Company. 

Jw-lah Pleirhcr. Rbode jpia 

L.-VI FIfteher, Rhofl,. iBinr 
>rM"l^ *'""'■ ''''"'"■■ ^*''"t' 

NVIi.mli,h Flint. I-exlnntoi 



Cean 



Clavi 



Privi 

'Ck. N. T. 



■'Ven- 



TJolhy llNDrr 
a Marker, f, 
'» Company. 

lalhnn 



nh( 



d* Island, 
n J, II. Va 



Iliirker. Rhoda laland. 
'-invcrn.k. N. V. 

n/ma/*""" ""'""• l^«"n«lo». Contl- 
Klljru, itnrron, Prlvnt« J. p. Vnr- 
John llarron. Corp.. I-e«ln«lon. 
a.plTr "'"■'"''* ***'«'* «-«*«ln»lon, 

Ml—- fiSrl 



Ht-x-klah 
Jarob Col 
Jephtha 

Jvralllmrt'l 

Joh'cobur 

' 7o.,ph *^i'..i 

Oliver Cnb 
P»>lBr foi 

Hunker HIM. 
Pat«r Ctibu 
PlilneaR Cc 

Hill. 
Rviiben Co 
Kamurl Cnl 

Army. 
Hllaa Cobui 



, While Plalna 
iri). U>xlDrteD. 
Lvxlntlon. 

Jlirn, 8tfr«l,. Norlherr 

ni. i><-xlntnun. NAtb< 

eiillBlfd KTJL 
n. I^xlnulon. Nanb- 

Rhode Irlnnd. 

Car*t . LaSillflCOn, 

Jr. Uunker HIU. 

I. Lexlngertn. Bunkat 

. contineiiui Atmr. 
l.«xinKi.ii), NariiMm 



Joalah Hlldreth. LexlnR:on. North 

MIcah Hildrifth, Lieut.. U-xIngton. 
Bunker Hill. North.-rn Army 
William Hlldreth. LexlOgion. 
William Hlldreih. Jr.. Lieut. ConC 

Abljnh Hill. Lexltlglon 
Paul Hill. Rhode laliind. 
Solomon HtH. LexInRIon. 
Joimthnn Hllln. Irfxlngion. 



Benjamin Sawyer. c^ptnlD J. B. 
.'omiiany, ITTT. Rhode laland. 
Cftleti Sawyer, Lexington. 
Dnvld Rawyer. Northern Army 



flimroi 
Timoll 
Abljnb Fox, 



111. 
Foster. 

Fo»ler, 



Ueut Lexington. 

Norlheni Army. 
Camp at Cambridge. 
«t., I^xlnglon. Hun- 



Fox. Seco3d 
Lilt. 
Fox. Bunker HI 



Dracut Co.. 
I. Siege of 



John Fox. Bunker 

Jo.lah Po,. Lexington. 



Henjan 
Jamea Prem-l 
John I.'rI.'nd. 



John Holt. 
Kooch HoH-ard Northern A 
S^rond Dracut Co,' 

Lnzuruii Hubbard. Canada 
Rbenexer Hunt. Rhode inlnnd. 
Jonathan Hunt. Rhode Island. 
Joseph Hunt. Lexington. 
Nehrmlfth Hum. Northern Arm> 
Peier Hunt. Sergt., Northern A 



Daniel Jaqulat. Northern Army. 
Nehemlnh Jnqulsl. Bunker Hill. 
Abrnhnm Jatiulth. Rhod4 iHland. 



Thoi 






J. a 



TImolhy Barker. a«r|t., Lexington. 

Jolham Ilan-on. Conllnaotal Army. 
Hnmuel Harron, Bergl., L.-xliiglon. 



WM 


tm Beard 


Saratoga. 




John 


Belieya. 
Blood. 


Rhode UlBi 


A. 


Davl 


jffxlnglon. 




John 


Bnma 


. Rhode Is' 


nd. 


Kebu 


in Booimaiv Canada. 




Mrarut 








Jnjispli Itossell. Conllnenia 


Army 


Benj. 


ntin Bo 


iwre. Tlh and Ith 


Uaas. ReRlmtni. 








llowera. 


dilated for : 


year*. 


ITII. 








John 


Boirero. 


^•xtnglon. capi. co- 


burn'a 


''ompany. 






John 




Lexington. 




Rusaell 


a Co. 






Olive 


Bow 


rs. Corp. 


Rhodr 


Amoa 


Bradlay. Rhode Island. 


laaac 


Bradley 


Lexington. 




Jesae 


ilradley. 


aaraloga. 




John 


llradley. 


I.^xlnglon. 




■'""'"'" 


I Bradley, Northam 


Army 











11 




(•rial 


Coburn, 


Willi 


m Coburn. 






i^'pM.I 





ond nmaiit 
J. n. vut' 



■ " -■"^n^ft K^ft* 



Ebf 



John 



w Mousey. Lexir 
John .MaJwey. Continental 



Mea -a. Northern Army. 
Mc ira, Continental Army. 
] tear*. Continental Army 
Meara. Jr.. Contlnen 

F<endy. SamloBft. 

rrill. Rhode Island 
laanc Meriflll, Lexington. 
Cambridge More. Saratoga. 



Robert N[lcklan. Lexington. 
1. I O 

John OjigfLid. CanedA. 

Jon n than Osgood Scrvire lit 

Jowph On'ROOtl Saratoga. 

P 

Chrlstophf-r Page, (Redford) 
Northern /xrmy, 
^^J^; , ^ ^ jj ^^■ly^ ^arker. Continental 



Frattcia Rft» 



ContliK 
-r. LexingtDiL 



John Shed. Saratoj 



Jonas SpAuldtng, Saratoira. 
WllUnm i^pauldlni; Rhode lal<r 
Jnmea Sprninie. Lexington. 
Bonjamin Sprake. Samtona. 
BnrnahuR Sti-phens. Ctunp at c 



A«a Stiekney, Northert 

Abraham Ptlckney, 

Saratoga. Rhoile Island. 



John Taylor. Jr.. Continental 
Joiintlian Taylor. Rhode Ulund 
Thomas Taylor. Rhode Island 



Island. 



Conll- 



Thomaa (Inrdener. aiege of I 
Samuel Gardner. Private. Capl 
k'.'a ''o.. Col. Spauldlng'a Regl. 
John Gllcreat. Lexington. 
John Ooodhu -. enllaled llftO. 
Moaea Qomlhue, Lexington. 



Goodhue. Jr.. I.,exlnn 
ootlwln. Saratoga. 
Ion. Saratoga, Rho le 



John Johnson. Rhode 
Primus Johnaon, 
nenial Army. 

Duvld Jonra. Lieut., Lexington. 
David Jonea. Jr.. Ix-xlngion. 
Hugh Jones. Lexington. 
Jonathan Jonea. Sergt.. (?) I^xlng- 



Rhode laland. 
«rern Pniiker. I-exIngton. 
Hlnrher Inirker. Lexln^on. 
Isaar Pa'her. Northern Army. 
Jonathan | Parker, Jr.. Knilatrd 171 



Joshua Jonea. Continental ; 
Nathaniel Jonea. earAtoga. 
Oliver Jonea. Contlnentnl , 
Samue' Jonea. Rhod* lalam 
Solomon Jonea. Lexington. 






Parker. Sergt 
Whiti 



' Hiadley, KdIIsImI 1*«I. 

' Iirlggs. Hunker Hill 

M.v.n.iPT Hrown. Canada. S 
nrn.iii Compony. 

Namuel Brown. Lexington. tU 
TImoihy Brown. Jr.. Lexington 
William Brown, Knltaied 
I'iipl. i^ird'e Chelmarord Campaii 
a*orga Burns, l^xlngton 






WQItlnm Caldwpll. Private. Capl. 
Varnum'a Company, 
Ultohel- I'alley. l,axlagton. 
Jo».-ph CnrkltL Ctmllnenlal Army. 
Nathaniel Chn.r. .*nntlnenlal Army. 

Jiveph Chambers. Northern Army, 
ttnratogn. 

Kaeklal Cheever. Lexington. 

Tony Clark. CoDllnental Army, 

(comiilexlon. black. » 

Colli Inenlal Army. . 



'orth Rhode laland. 



I', J. B. 

iienlgl An«y. 
II, V.V oob. 



Ilenjan 
tlnnlln 
Jease ( 



Andrew Hall. Rho<I.. Island. 

Aaa Hall. Rhodf Islaod. Coi 
nenial Army. 

fCphralm Hall, Lexington. 

::phralm Hall, Jr.. Private. Capt. 
R. V.a CO.. 1777. 

Moaea Hall. Second Dracut Co. 

Oliver Hall. Ftfer. Continental 



Thoi 



Kele.. Slegf of Bonlon. Pe- 



Matthei 
Peter 

nenial 
Sllna 
Slmei 

Wlltlam Ilnrker. Bui 
Island. 
Jonathan Pari 

Samuel P iirkhu: 
Tlmolhv ff-ile 



ler Coburn Co, 
Oeorge Kclley. Conilnsntal Army. 
John Kelley. Continental Army. 
TImolhy Kelley. Continental Army. 
William Kriley. Conilncnial Army. 
Kidder, (Chelmalord) Snra- 



Pluir 



<n, Rhode laland. 
Rhode Nland. 
William r^erham. Rhode laland. Sar- 



Rbode 

William Tenney. Lexington. 
John Thlmi'll. Lexiiurion, Bunker 
Hill. 
Joshua Thlsselt. enllated 1780. 
Thomaa Thistle. Continental Army. 
Hi-zeklnh Thornilike, Sarnlnga. 
David Trull, corporal. Lexington. 



Benjamin Vdrnum, Oinisr.t'nlal 
Army. 
Bradley Varnum, Lexington, jfortb- 

Danlel Varnum. In Capt. J. B. V.'n 
Company. 

eibenexer VarOum. lieutenant. Bun- 
ker Hill. Rhrxtr Island. 

Jam«« Vurnum. <:^ptnln. Runk<T 
Hill. White PIdJna. Snratugn, Tienlon. 

John Varnum. Lexington, Ithude 
Island. 

John Varnum. Bunker Hill. 

Jonoa Varnum Northern Army 
Rhode Island. 

Joseph llntdley VATnum.. Captain, 
U-xIngton. Northern Army, Rhode lp>l- 



Sam II 



Pfiklna. Conltiir 



toga. 



Daniel 
Nathan li 
Saratoga. 



lei Piner. Northern .\r\ 
uel Pliwr. l-ex-nglnn 



Parker 
Island. 
Samuel 



Klndal. 



Rhode 



I.^xlngton. nh>»<li' 

Contlnenlal Army. 
, Jr. ConilreOlnl 

. Lexington. 
Bunker Hill. . 



Kitlredge. Bunker HII 



John Rewl. '. 
Peter Ree<). 
David RIchai 



TImolhy Hall. 



Hamblett. Drurr 



I>unn. Rhode Irl 



Johti' 




Bunker 


Hill. 


Davli: 


Harwy 


Jamea Harvr 


Island. 




John 


Harve> 


o.^;:- 




fcll.M.. . > 



<lei 



l^lTeriy. Continental Army 
In I^AQe, Saratoga. 

LAne. Saratoga. 
n hlug Lone. Sergt. Rhode 



Lexington. Rhode 
Lexington. Rhode 



Lextr 



Tib 



mp Toto*s 
17ll». 
Knoch Haywood. Saratoga, 
Jmae HnyKOo.). Rhod.' Isif Dd. 
John Hayweoil. Rhode island. 



Ebenexrr' Lemon. Rhode laland. 
Seth Levlston. Saratoga. 
BarxlUal Lew. Piter. Northern Ar- 
y (colored.) 

ewla. Rhode Island. 

Lewis. Rhode Island. 

Jnilsey. Sergt.. Lt'Xtnirlon. 

Undacy. Corp. Rh.Mlt 

ndPey, private in Capt. 3. 
.. KIT. 

d Dracut 



inker HI 
Jo»lah Rl«ha 



on Capt J. n. V.a 

on. Jr. Capt J. It 

TilKin, Lexington, 

L,i'xingtoD. 



David Walker Saratoga 
Sampsim Walker, farair 
Isaac Warrt'n. Saratoga. 



Rhode laland. 



Bunker Hill. 



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